Miles Harvey’s short stories in ‘Registry of Forgotten Objects’ travel from rural Indiana to a dystopian future By Rick Kogan September 4, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. His debut collection of 12 stories is set among a wide variety of places and...
Biblioracle: 4 Chicago books on working for Labor Day, from Upton Sinclair to Studs Terkel By John Warner August 31, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. Chicago is intimately tied to the history of the labor movement and Labor Day. We...
Column: Taking another ride with Ken Kesey, Tom Wolfe and a bunch of Merry Pranksters in ‘Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test’ By Rick Kogan August 27, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. When revisiting books we've already read, we can uncover new things about the book and,...
Biblioracle: There’s such surprising variety in J. Robert Lennon’s books, from ‘Hard Girls’ to ‘Castle’ By John Warner August 24, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. His most recent is “Hard Girls,” which is billed as a crime novel, and it...
Biblioracle: ‘The Bookshop’ taught me something new about bookstores By John Warner April 21, 2025 at 11:58 a.m. Author Evan Friss tracks the history of books and how we sell them, from back...
Biblioracle: Halle Butler’s new novel ‘Banal Nightmare’ will trap you inside the millennial mind By John Warner August 10, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. Halle Butler is considered one of those writers who can most illuminate the lives and...
Biblioracle: Why don’t men read novels? By John Warner August 3, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. Novels are not instructive, but they are illustrative, and if you keep reading them, you’ll...
Francine Pascal, creator of beloved ‘Sweet Valley High’ books, dies at 92 By Associated Press July 30, 2024 at 3:40 p.m. Francine Pascal, a onetime soap opera writer whose “Sweet Valley High” novels and the ongoing...
Edna O’Brien, Irish literary giant who wrote ‘The Country Girls,’ dies at 93 By Hillel Italie July 28, 2024 at 5:03 p.m. Edna O’Brien, Ireland’s literary pride and outlaw who scandalized her native land with her debut...
Biblioracle: ‘The Wedding People’ is Alison Espach’s moving, funny latest, set at a coastal hotel By John Warner July 27, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. "The Wedding People" is a story of what it means to lift oneself out of...